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Manipulative Mania
Students explore tangram vocabulary and tangram designs, creating an art design that contains various geometric parts. They complete a checklist titled, Important Thing About a Quilt Design.
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Flying Geese
Students examine the Flying Geese quilt pattern, and discuss and identify the pattern. They write a paragraph titled, My Quilt Report, summarizing the information discussed about the quilt patterns.
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Geo Jammin' By DeSign - Day 7, Lesson 36: DeSign Sampler
Second graders, in groups, write quilt reports.
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Geo Jammin' By DeSign - Day 7, Lesson 37: Summarizing for the Summative
Students listen for specific information during summary presentations. They practice giving feedback on given topic according to a set of standards. The speaker reports to the rest of class from a report and listeners determine if...
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Fall Reflections
Students create a multi-media landscape of a tree in fall color. They use the Y-method of drawing a tree.
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Pysanky Egg Decorating
Students explore the processes involved in decorating eggs. The story, "Rechenka's Eggs" or "Chicken Sunday" by Patricia Polacco forms the introduction to the research.
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Tessellations
Fifth graders investigate the relationship between math and art by examining patterns and polygons.They examine how polygons make up the patterns that form tessellations, and determine tessellations that occur in nature. Finally, they...
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Fitness
Fourth graders determine how to design regular and semi-regular tessellations of the plane. They develop the ability to demonstrate why a tessellation covers the plane in this series of lessons.
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Triangle Sums
Fourth graders determine a way to place numbers in the nine circles that are arranged in a triangular pattern so that each side has an equal sum. They use each number once and practice adding single digit numbers.
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Calculus: Graphical, Numerical, Algebraic
Students explore the interplay between the geometric and analytic information and on the use of calculus both to predict and to explain the observed local and global behavior of a function. They write a paragraph describing any...
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Absolute Value of Linear Functions
Students discover how abolute value affects linear functions. They complete a worksheet simulating a path for miniature golf hole in one for three figures. They construct a hole in one graph for each hole marking the X and Y coordinates.
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Fractional Blocks
Young scholars explore the concept that fractions can also be considered a ratio. They discover that the fraction bar can be read as "out of." Students practice basic multiplication facts and use patterns to find fractions of shapes.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Geometry: Reflection Symmetry
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This concept teaches students how to determine whether or not a shape has reflection symmetry and how to draw lines of symmetry.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Interactive Geometry: 2.6 Reflection Symmetry
Explore reflection symmetry in some different shapes.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Geometry: Reflection Symmetry
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Find a figure's lines of symmetry.
Mathigon
Mathigon: Geometry: Symmetry
This lesson focuses on symmetry including reflectional symmetry, rotational symmetry, and palindromes. It defines each, gives examples, and practice activities.
Other
Ic Teachers: Line or Reflective Symmetry
This website will provide you with a quick review of line or reflective symmetry. It also has questions and answers to help you understand line/reflective symmetry.
The Franklin Institute
The Franklin Institute Online: On Reflection
This is an activity site to learn more about reflective symmetry. In order to complete this activity you will need a mirror.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Learning Math: Symmetry
This presentation provides a tutorial on symmetry. In the tutorial, you will do the following: learn about geometric symmetry, explore line or reflection symmetry, explore rotation symmetry, and explore translation symmetry and frieze...
Cornell University
Cornell University: Straightness and Symmetry
This site, part of a planned Geometry textbook, involves real-world applications with symmetry and reflection using pictures and graphs.
Wolfram Research
Wolfram Math World: Reflection
This site defines reflection, separates reflection into two categories of amphichiral and chiral. The site also gives formulas used in reflective symmetry including point-plane distance, position of reflected points and has links to...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Geometry: Symmetry and Tessellations Study Guide
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Provides a brief overview of the different types of symmetry and of how to tessellate a shape.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Math + Arts: Symmetry, Reflective Drawing, and Totem Poles
In this lesson, students will create a colored pencil drawing utilizing symmetry and forms characteristic of Northwest Coast art and write a critique of their work. Media resources and teacher materials are included.
Primary Resources
Primary Resources: Patterns and Symmetry
Teachers, here's a great resource for worksheets and presentations about symmetry. Includes PowerPoint and smartboard presentations.